Contains complete, practical, usable add-in code in every chapter
Includes many reusable add-in code methods, as well as quick-reference “how to” examples
Author is the developer of major commercial VB 6.0 add-ins, including VBCommander and VBXref2000, and has 30+ years of experience in operating systems and application development
Visual Studio .NET is the most extensible development environment Microsoft has released to date. Organizations create add-ins for many purposes: to speed common tasks, to ease code reuse within an organization, and to enforce rules and consistency among developers. Effective use of add-ins can dramatically improve developer efficiency and reduce costs.

Writing Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET is designed to get add-in developers up to speed in developing add-ins in Visual Studio .NET and to teach add-in development to developers who want to learn to write add-ins. Author Les Smith also provides enough real code examples to challenge even experienced add-in developers.

Smith’s book begins by teaching readers how to use the Add-in Wizard to create the basic add-in framework. From there, he covers the manipulation of code in windows and controls, and the manipulation of projects. Writing Add-ins for Visual Studio .NET explores, in detail, how to create an add-in user interface, including toolbars, toolbar buttons, and multiple-level menus, as well as how to create a user interface in the system tray. Smith also addresses the migration of add-ins from VB 6.0 to VB .NET for those developers who have previous experience in writing add-ins.